India at the ballot box: what business expects
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FT journalists and expert guests held a live discussion on what business can expect from India’s upcoming general election.
Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is on track to win a third consecutive five-year term in office. The prime minister’s outgoing government is confident enough of victory that it is already discussing an agenda for the first 100 days of his third term.
In addition to audience questions ranging from job creation to land reform, the panel addressed the following topics:
What will the new government’s priorities be? What do business and foreign investors want to see?
India is touted as an alternative to China, but its inward FDI falls short of Modi’s aim to “Make in India” and transform the country into a premier manufacturing nation. Why is that, and what would improve India’s attractiveness as a place to do business?
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